Mikael Manukyan: Instead of a healthy and civilized discussion, accusations and insults towards candidates are voiced

ArmInfo. The pre-election campaign to the Council of Elders of Yerevan proceeds in a natural way, however an unnatural and tense climate has been formed in social networks- all those who disagree with the course of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are condemned and insulted, Mikael Manukyan, candidate for mayor of Yerevan from ARF Dashnaktsyun party stated in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent.

"Instead of a healthy and civilized discussion, accusations and insults are voiced, while the candidate from the" My step "bloc Hayk Marutyan went further dividing the society into" blacks "and" whites, "Manukyan said.

At the same time, he stressed that regardless of the results of the elections, all political forces should jointly solve the problems of the capital. "One thing I can say for sure is that our compatriots will not be mistaken if they trust our professional and young team that offers realistic programs and is ready to contribute to the solution of the problems of Yerevan," the candidate concluded.

To note, extraordinary elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan will be held on September 23. More than 50% of the mandates are required for the candidate leading the list of a particular party or bloc to be elected a mayor. There are four blocs and eight parties in the elections. The "My step" bloc candidate is Hayk Marutyan, the "Luys" bloc - Artak Zeynalyan, the "Prosperous Armenia"- Naira Zohrabyan, the "Yerevan Community" - Anahit Tarkhanyan, the "Yerevan residents" bloc - Ararat Zurabyan, the "Yerkir Tsirani" party - Zaruhi Postanjyan, the Heritage Party - Raffi Hovhannisian, the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" - Mikael Manukyan, the "Hayk" - Gevorg Hovsepyan, the Party of reformists - Artak Avetyan, the Orinats Yerkir party - Mher Shahgeldyan, the Democratic Path party - Manuel Gasparyan.